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In the throes of the Little Ice Age, Europe faced extreme winters, and even the mighty Napoleon succumbed to its icy grasp ...
The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands, plunged much of the world into a frightful chill and offers lessons for today. Greg Harlin/Wood Ronsaville Harlin A year after the eruption ...
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The Year Canada Didn’t Have a Summer
The year without a summer In the spring of 1815, things were looking up for Canada. Local Canadian militia, along with British forces and their Indigenous allies, had just thwarted an American ...
The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Tambora on Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara, lasted several months from April to July 1815. The death toll was up to 250,00 in Tambora vicinity and around the ...
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, killing an estimated 92,000 people. It was the biggest eruption in recorded history. And yet ...
The Ring of Fire is also where an estimated 75% of the planet’s volcanoes are located, such as Mount Tambora of Indonesia, which erupted in 1815 and became the largest volcanic eruption in ...
Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Wednesday, triggering a flight warning and ...
The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 has been linked to climate change and social unrest. Such historical eruptions could serve as test cases for models used to assess future climate changes.